Monday, February 23, 2015

11:45 AM

Gov. Scott Walker's campaign is fundraising off what it's calling "pointless questions about whether and how much President Obama loves our country."

Appearing at the National Governors Association meeting this weekend in Washington, D.C., Walker made national headlines by refusing to say whether he believes Obama is a Christian or if he loves the country. Walker appeared at an event in Manhattan last week in which Rudy Giuliani said he does not "believe that the president loves America."

Reporters since have been asking Walker if he agreed with Giuliani's question, and a Washington Post reporter asked the guv if he believes Obama is a Christian. He answered he didn't know, though a spokeswoman later told the paper he was trying to make a point by not answering such questions and "Of course the governor thinks the president is a Christian."

Walker's state campaign sent a fundraising request playing off the controversy.

"Your support will show the clueless and mindless journalistic herd that you know what matters most and that it is not the pointless minutiae that they are pushing," the appeal read.

The DNC slammed Walker for his answers over the weekend.

"Scott Walker had a simple test," said party spokeswoman Holly Shulman. "He could have risen above the fray, but he continues to flatly fail and instead push the same polarizing agenda and politics he has for years in Wisconsin. Today, Walker has proven himself once again to be unfit to lead."